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Has Spanish as an official language
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Its capital is located about 200 kilometers from Buenos Aires
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Is a former Spanish colony
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Has a maximum elevation of less than 1000 meters
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More than 90% of its population are mestizos (people of mixed European and Native heritage)
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Has the larger land area of the two
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Is the wealthier of the two
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Has had periods of dictatorship but is now a democracy
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Has won the FIFA World Cup
Uruguay hosted and won the first World Cup in 1930. They won again in 1950.
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Was the first country to fully legalize marijuana
Uruguay legalized marijuana in 2013
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In terms of exports, agriculture is the most important sector of the economy
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Owns part of the Itaipu Dam, the world's second-largest hydroelectric power plant
Paraguay gets 99.9% of its electricity from hydroelectric sources
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Its territory is located in the region known as "The Pampas"
The Pampas are fertile South American lowlands that cover parts of southern Brazil, northern Argentina, and all of Uruguay
Uruguay has come under Brazilian control at times, and the Portuguese did establish themselves there at times, but for most of its colonial history, Uruguay was the Banda Oriental region of the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata (the predecessor to Argentina). During the Cisplatine War the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, led by Buenos Aires, and the Brazilian Empire fought over the Banda Oriental or Cisplatina (as the Argentines and Brazilians respectively called it). Eventually, with the war a stalemate, the Banda Oriental became an independent nation - today's Oriental Republic of Uruguay.